Not only by the name is there a difference of one being a charter school and one being a public but also in the depth of what classes they are given and also to the specific of what kinds of students attend the the school. there are many schools that have their own unique way to show that they are available for students benefits in what they are interested in such as my school that was mostly concentrated into Biology. Beacon Charter School for the Arts is a charter school that focuses on having students be more concentrated in the arts such as painting, drawing, culinary, and the theater.
Beacon charter schools is a high schools for the arts that consists of having grades 9-12. their main mission in this charter school is different from your normal school, this school focuses on the arts and enhances artistic skills more compared to public schools. there mission stated in their website tells about how they want their students to be prepared with the academic skills necessary for post secondary success.
admission policy Beacon is a public charter school in Rhode Island and to have a student enrolled to the school must find out an application that is on the website and after the admission process is made up of a lottery that picks out the 60 open seats freshmen year and the rest that did not get chosen would be put on a waiting list. Other than having 60 seats open in freshmen year all other years will have zero up to 10 seats open for enrollment.
The attendance rate at Beacon recently in 2012-2013 is 91% compared to the statewide percentage which is 92%. also having the percentage of students attending school there is also the percentage of how many students graduate in 4 years after entering. Statewide the percentage is 77.1% graduate in 2012 and comparing it to Beacon High school where 90.5% of the students graduate in 4 years.
Test Scores comparison In Beacon test scores in NECAP compared to Woonsocket high school show a difference. In the 11th grade Beacon of 2012-2013 had a 28% proficient rate in math while Woonsocket high school had 21% rate, in Reading Beacon had 91% rate as for Woonsocket had a 70% rate, in Writing Beacon had a 83% rate while Woonsocket had 34% rate, and in science Beacon got 27% rate while Woonsocket had 15% rate.
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Beacon Charter High School of the Arts
Introduction
Not only by the name is there a difference of one being a charter school and one being a public but also in the depth of what classes they are given and also to the specific of what kinds of students attend the the school. there are many schools that have their own unique way to show that they are available for students benefits in what they are interested in such as my school that was mostly concentrated into Biology. Beacon Charter School for the Arts is a charter school that focuses on having students be more concentrated in the arts such as painting, drawing, culinary, and the theater.
Beacon charter schools is a high schools for the arts that consists of having grades 9-12. their main mission in this charter school is different from your normal school, this school focuses on the arts and enhances artistic skills more compared to public schools. there mission stated in their website tells about how they want their students to be prepared with the academic skills necessary for post secondary success.
admission policy
Beacon is a public charter school in Rhode Island and to have a student enrolled to the school must find out an application that is on the website and after the admission process is made up of a lottery that picks out the 60 open seats freshmen year and the rest that did not get chosen would be put on a waiting list. Other than having 60 seats open in freshmen year all other years will have zero up to 10 seats open for enrollment.
The attendance rate at Beacon recently in 2012-2013 is 91% compared to the statewide percentage which is 92%. also having the percentage of students attending school there is also the percentage of how many students graduate in 4 years after entering. Statewide the percentage is 77.1% graduate in 2012 and comparing it to Beacon High school where 90.5% of the students graduate in 4 years.
Test Scores comparison
In Beacon test scores in NECAP compared to Woonsocket high school show a difference. In the 11th grade Beacon of 2012-2013 had a 28% proficient rate in math while Woonsocket high school had 21% rate, in Reading Beacon had 91% rate as for Woonsocket had a 70% rate, in Writing Beacon had a 83% rate while Woonsocket had 34% rate, and in science Beacon got 27% rate while Woonsocket had 15% rate.
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